Man Reportedly Carjacks Vehicle With Woman Asleep Inside; She Escapes, He Carjacks Again

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CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – A man carjacked two vehicles and assaulted a passenger and a store clerk in Carmichael before being arrested early Thursday morning.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says the incidents happened in just a matter of minutes.

Martel King (credit: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department)

At around 3 a.m. a man got out of his car to pay for gas. His wife was sleeping in the car and woke up, but it wasn’t her husband behind the wheel. A man later identified as 25-year-old Martel King had hopped in and only drove about 20 yards away from the AM-PM station on Madison and Manzanita when the woman either pulled out the key or broke it off, according to deputies.